Live On Two Legs - Pearl Jam (CD 1998)

Releasing live albums always results in quite a quandary for bands (or more accurately, their labels). Should we release one live show from beginning to end or throw together several different songs from random shows? Even more perplexing is the actual song selection if the random version is selected. Covers? Only the hits? Cult favorites? Oh, the decisions! I was plenty pleased to hear in 1998 that Pearl Jam was preparing to release a live album featuring their previous tour. I didn t have any live Pearl Jam recordings except for a tape of their 1995 Southpark Meadows show in Austin, which I.

This is a live album, so im not writing long descriptions Ok, when it comes to P Jam live you can take the following courses of action, you can buy one of the live DVD s, or you can choose from one of the hundreds of live albums Pearl Jam released after Binaural. for the most part you won t be able to get them very cheap, well at least not down in my lonely part of the world because many of them have to be imported, and some are very obscure. but that all began when P Jam released this album, which consisted of the highlights from their 1998 tour, meaning a lot of bad tracks from Binaural...

Nothing proves exactly how good a band is like a live performance. You can't hide behind layers of samples or any other studio tricks, and you can't have another take like you can in a TV special. It's just you and your instruments. Put up or shut up. Keeping this in mind, it's pretty obvious that Pearl Jam is one damn good band. Several things become clear to you as you listen to this live album. For one thing, Pearl Jam was never really a "grunge" band. The guitars are quite clear, unlike the heavily distorted sounds of Nirvana or Alice in Chains. And I don't think any grunge band would...

As the opening chords of Corduroy start up, you might think, hmmm, this sounds good . But as the song gradually speeds up, the verse begins, and the band warm up, then you begin to realise what a quality band Pearl Jam are. Each performance is finely honed and the band play together beautifully. Vedder s vocals are as impressive as ever, Ament, Gossard and McCready all contribute to a building effect, and the drummer (I forget who it was at this point) is simply amazing. I can hardly believe he can sit through these 16 songs, pounding away as if there were no tomorrow. So, Corduroy is an...